Raphael Shore | |
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Citizenship | Canadian, Israeli |
Occupation(s) | film writer, producer, and Rabbi |
Employer(s) | Jerusalem U, Clarion Project |
Known for | Producing Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West |
Spouse | Rebecca Shore |
Relatives | twin brother Ephraim Shore the former head of HonestReporting, brother of David Shore, television producer and writer |
Raphael Shore is a Canadian- Israeli film writer, [1] producer, and rabbi. He is the founder of OpenDor Media [a], a Jewish educational organization, [2] and Clarion Project, whose stated mission is "exposing the dangers of Islamist extremism". [3]
Shore is the twin brother of Ephraim Shore, the former head of HonestReporting, [4] rabbi, and tour guide, and younger brother of television producer and writer David Shore. [5] Shore has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto, Ontario. [6]
Shore previously worked for Aish HaTorah, [4] [7] an Orthodox organization devoted to promoting Jewish learning, and has collaborated with HonestReporting, a pro-Israel media watchdog site formerly run by his brother Ephraim.
In 2010, Shore self-released the documentary film, Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus. [8] [9]
Shore wrote and produced the documentary films Relentless: The Struggle for Peace in the Middle East, Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision for America, and IRANIUM. He has been described as a figure at the center of the counter-jihad movement or the "Islamophobia industry". [10]
Shore's documentary, Obsession, was distributed to 28 million voters throughout the United States during the 2008 United States presidential campaign. [1] Shore has declined to reveal who funded both the production of the film or dissemination of the DVDs. [1]
Shore produced the 2012 documentary Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference, narrated by Tal Ben-Shahar. The film explores parts of Israeli history and society that tend not to be addressed in mainstream coverage of the country. [11]